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Scents and sounds of Bahamas, as Janice Lynn Mather writes short stories through the eyes of girls and young women

In her new Uncertain Kin, Vancouver-area-based author conjures island life through vivid memory

READJanet SmithMay 3, 2022Janice Lynn Mather

Festival of Israeli Culture holds Outdoor Sunday street party, May 15

Multi-ethnic celebration to feature music, dance, art, food, and more

Review: Vancouver Opera's HMS Pinafore floats a feminist update on Gilbert & Sullivan classic

A feel-good operetta has fun while trying to show the world has changed since women wore pinafores

MUSICJanet SmithMay 2, 2022Vancouver Opera

Tacomio among Vancouver restaurants celebrating Cinco de Mayo 2022

Food plays a major role in the May 5 festivities

CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 2, 2022SPRING, Cinco de Mayo, Vancouver restaurants

Arts Umbrella Dance Company's Season Finale: MOVE features leading choreographers, May 19 to 21

Launching a tour, the program includes works by artists including Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and Fernando Hernando Magadan

DANCEJanet SmithMay 2, 2022Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA

New York’s Emerson String Quartet brings some hope for humanity to Vancouver

The acclaimed ensemble performs a potent mixed program before its 2023 grand finale

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 2, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Friends of Chamber Music

Theatre review: The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare proves fiercely inspiring

Jonathan Christenson’s musical-theatre piece inspired by the only women to be given combat roles in World War II is bold, suspenseful

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 30, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, The Cultch, Catalyst Theatre, York Theatre

At DOXA, Love in the Time of Fentanyl shows the Downtown Eastside's humanity and heart

Colin Askey’s documentary takes viewers inside the Overdose Prevention Society

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 29, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, DOXA

France's Ensemble Correspondances takes baroque court music to the people

Les Plaisirs du Louvre gives Early Music Vancouver audiences the French royal treatment

Doug and the Slugs get their due as true Canadian legends in new DOXA documentary

In which filmmaker Teresa Alfeld helps a former doubter find a fevered appreciation for one of Vancouver’s most misunderstood bands

SCREENStir VancouverApril 29, 2022DOXA, SPRING

Vancouver Chamber Choir shines a light on the next generation of choral conductors at NORDIC SOUNDS

VCC’s Conductors’ Symposium features five rising talents from across North America

MUSICJanet SmithApril 29, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir

Music of the Night: The Concert Tour celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber's 75th birthday

Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre’s show features a professional cast singing hits from shows like Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar

Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC takes steps to spread the love of dance

Pure joy and energy infuse the company’s upcoming Vancouver program

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 28, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, DanceHouse

Vancouver Opera's HMS Pinafore brings new depth to Gilbert & Sullivan's familiar songs

Stage director Brenna Corner works with top-flight singers and writer JD Derbyshire to update the witty parody of the class system

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Vancouver Opera

Carousel Theatre brings Green Thumb’s The Code to Granville Island, May 10 to 14

Rachel Aberle’s play looks at the complexity of high-school relationships

Lucinda Williams tickets now on sale, as singer-songwriter is set to hit TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival July 2

Fest also unveils a range of concerts for Jazz at Pyatt Hall and Performance Works series for summer event

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Lucinda Williams

Alimentaria Mexicana hosts Indigenous Mayan chef Hugo Durán, April 30 to May 3

The self-taught culinary artist to lead workshops on non-nixtamalized maize, serve five-course dinner

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYJanet SmithApril 28, 2022SPRING, Alimentaria Mexicana, Mexican food, Mayan

Image Before Us series highlights the human spirit and immigration policy at The Cinematheque, May 4

BC film Turbulence explores the fallout of Iran-Iraqi war, while Continuous Journey takes a well-crafted look back at the Komagata Maru incident

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithApril 28, 2022The Cinematheque

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces 2022-23 season, with guest artists including Itzhak Perlman, Stewart Copeland, and Colonel Chris Hadfield

Comeback season also features Measha Brueggergosman, Marion Newman, Sarah Slean, a Wizard of Oz concert, and a series dedicated to the planet

Chor Leoni debuts brand-new professional supergroup in spring concert

A Sound Like This: Chor Leoni & The Leonids introduces a choral ensemble of some of North America’s finest male singers

MUSICJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Chor Leoni, Partner Content

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